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Defonseca, Misha, 1937-

LC control no.n 00050488
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3554.E367
Personal name headingDefonseca, Misha, 1937-
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Variant(s)Wael, Monique de, 1937-
De Wael, Monique, 1937-
Levy, Monique, 1937-
LocatedMillis (Mass. : Town)
Birth date1937-05-12
Place of birthEtterbeek (Belgium)
Field of activityLiterary forgeries and mystifications Hoaxes
Found inMisha, 1997: t.p. (Misha Defonseca; Holocaust survivor; resides in the U.S.)
U.S. copyright file, Mar. 3, 2008 (Defonseca, Misha, 1934- )
Washington post, Mar. 1, 2008 (Best-selling Holocaust tale untrue, author admits: almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true)
Washington post online, March 28, 2008: March 1, 2008 news story (Misha Defonseca admits that her work Misha: mémoire of the Holocaust years was an "elaborate fantasy," not an autobiographical account; author's real name: Monique De Wael)
BnF Web OPAC, June 15, 2009 (Defonseca, Misha (1937-....); auteur d'une autobiographie imaginaire dont elle a révélé la supercherie au quotidien belge "Le soir" le jeudi 28 février 2008; variant: De Wael, Monique (1937-....))
Wikipedia, June 15, 2009 (Misha Defonseca; b. 1937, Etterbeek, Belgium; real name is Monique (Levy née de Wael); Belgian writer)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misha_Defonseca>
Slate.com, June 15, 2009 (b. May 12, 1937)
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